Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Rescue effort gets an extra hand

Posted on January 10, 2012, Tuesday

HOPEFUL OF FIND: An excavator helping in the search for Kho along the river bank near Chung Hua Primary School No. 6. — Photo by Chong Yeong Gang

 

KUCHING: The search-and-rescue team was lent an extra ‘hand’ in the form of an excavator to locate the body of missing Upper 6 student Kho Ying Qi when the search entered its fifth day yesterday. However, it came up ‘empty-handed’ as of press time yesterday.

The excavator was seen scavenging along the river bank near Chung Hua Primary School No.6 in Sungai Maong here at about 2.30pm. The extra ‘hand’ attracted a crowd of motorists and motorcyclists passing by the area.

Some passersby showed concern while some were curious to know what was going on. An 18-men team from the Civil Defence Department, divided to two groups in rescue boats,  started their search at 7am yesterday.

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